τόξον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bow]], Il.4.124, etc.: freq. in plural [[τόξα]] for sg., τόξ' ὤμοισιν ἔχων ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην 1.45, al., cf. Pi.''P.''3.101, S.''Ph.''654; sometimes in Prose, Heraclit. 51, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.106, ''PEleph.''5.8 (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">ἐτιταίνετο.. τόξα</b> drew the [[bow]], Il.5.97; also [[τόξον]] τιταίνει B.9.43; <b class="b3">τόξον ἕλκετ'</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[εἷλκεν]]) Il.11.582; τόξου πῆχυν ἀνέλκειν 13.583; <b class="b3">τόξον τείνειν, τόξον ἐντείνειν</b>, A.''Ag.''364 (anap.), ''Fr.''83; τ… ἐντανύσαι Od.21.245, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.173; κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τ. ἔτεινε Il.4.124, cf. E.''Ba.''1066; <b class="b3">τόξου ῥῦμα</b> (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opp. <b class="b3">λόγχης ἰσχύς</b> (i.e. the Greeks), [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''147 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[τόξῳ]] = [[by guess]], Id.''Ch.''1033.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bowmanship]], [[archery]], τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς Il.2.718, al.; τόξοισιν πίσυνος 5.205, cf. 13.716; ἡ τέχνη τῶν τ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.73; πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν S.''Tr.''266; [[τόξῳ]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[νικῶν]]) ''SIG''1061.10 (Samos, ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural also, [[bow and arrows]], τόξα πεπτεῶτ' ἄλλυδις ἄλλα Il.21.502, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.78, S.''Ph.''68, al.; sometimes in plural for the [[arrow]]s only, ib.652, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''815a.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τόξα ἡλίου</b> [[sun]] [[ray]]s, E.''HF'' 1090; <b class="b3">ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες</b>, of the [[effect]]s of [[wine]], Pi.''Fr.''218; τόξον μερίμνης ''Trag.Adesp.''354; <b class="b3">κότταβος.. ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα</b> for [[shooting]] of [[liquor]] from the [[cup]], Critias 2.2.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[rainbow]], Aeschrio 4, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''9.13, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[εἴρη]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[arch]], AP9.694.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[curved support]], [[cradle]] used in [[amputation]]s, Archig. ap. Orib.47.13.6; part of a carriage or cart, ''PPetr.''2p.133, 3p.144 (iii B. C.).